GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
cringe | to recoil in distaste |
entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
conceit | favorable opinion |
stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
hothead | a hotheaded person |